Spike in NATO member defence spending warrants closer look

With global supply chains shut down and national economies shattered by the pandemic, Western military industrial production had quietly kept chugging along. The Russia-Ukraine war has turned that quiet chugging into a giant financial bonanza.

Defence Minister Anita Anand says she is looking at 'aggressive options' to increase Canada's military spending to address a NATO request that allied nations spend a minimum of two per cent.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY BHAGWANT SANDHU

March 17, 2022

For decades, Western powers have promised Ukrainians a lifelong insurance policy by signing up with NATO. Ukraine fell for it, though that membership never came. The country even changed its constitution to include a clause to join NATO. Then Russia invaded. Instead of safety and security, Ukraine g...

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